Counselor Paula Booth has been working with law enforcement officers and other clients for over 35 years with the state of New Hampshire. Her unique knowledge of critical incidents and trauma response has made her a valuable asset to many agencies. She is also the director for the New Hampshire Employee Assistant Program. Paula has a masters degree in clinical social work from Boston University, is a member of the National Academy of Certified Social Workers, and is nationally certified as an employee assistance professional. Additionally, she has served as the president of the Grant State employee assistant program. Paula works on the governor and attorney general’s commission on domestic violence, and is an advisor to the state government's decision makers.Her lectures at conferences, community events, and state sponsored events are well renowned. To Wayne, Paula Booth was his counselor after the critical incident that took place in Colebook in which he was shot.
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Here's What We Discuss:
Introduction to Paula Booth
Counseling is very different in today’s world
Wayne’s breaking point
Counseling is for everyone
Everyone has a critical incident in their life
Healthy people get help
Education on counseling to law enforcement
We ask for help all the time, why not this?
Affects officers, family members, peers
Academy program: stress management in law enforcement
Traumatic experience from those that were on vacation
Critical incident tools
Simple, briefs directives
Eat something simple
Don’t fill the silence
Look into programs
Supervisors and peers watch you
Don’t use a cookie cutter approach
Connection is important
I’ve got the best job in the world
Make it palatable
If I didn’t have counseling, I wouldn’t have finished my career
Horrible week for New Hampshire
Approach it from a problem solving perspective
Make the appointment, you can always cancel it
Give and take
Uniform represents so much
Partners and supporters take the journey too
Credits
Hosts: Wayne Saunders and John Nores
Producer: Jay Ammann
Social Media/Marketing: Morgan Day
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